Sanaghanroe land mine attack | |
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Part of the Troubles | |
Location | Sanaghanroe, near Dungannon , County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
Date | 10 September 1972 |
Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
Deaths | 3 British soldiers |
Injured | 4 British soldiers, 1 civilian |
Perpetrator | Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade |
On 10 September 1972, an active service unit (ASU) of the Provisional IRA's East Tyrone Brigade carried out a landmine attack against a British Army mobile patrol, along a small road in the rural village of Sanaghanroe near the town of Dungannon in County Tyrone.[1]